MARIEL D.

TEANILA October 10, 2022

BSCERE 1101 MS. Rose Carla Ricafranca

GEd 105- Readings in Philippine History

ACTIVITY NO. 3

1. Why do we need a constitution? Explain not less than 100 words.

- A constitution is a set of rules and principles that all persons in a country can agree upon as the
basis of the way in which they want the country to be governed. It also spells out the ideals the
citizens believe that their country should uphold, such as freedom, democracy and human
rights. Also, it lays down the type of government for a country and how it should function, and
lays down limits on the powers of the government. It also lays out the rights and duties of the
citizens.
2. Which classifications of a constitution does the 1987 constitution fall? Why?
Support your answer.
- The 1987 Philippine Constitution is thus a conventional/enacted , written, and
rigid/inelastic constitution, because one that a sovereign grants to his citizens or that is enacted
by a constituent assembly, one which has been given definite form at a particular time, usually
by a specially constituted authority called a “constitutional convention” or “constitutional
commission” and it is one regarded as a document of special sanctity, which can not be
amended or altered except by some special machinery other than ordinary legislative process.